NTSB dockets opened for NJT, LIRR crashes

NJ Transit’s Sept. 29, 2016 crash in Hoboken claimed one life and injured many people.

Dockets for the fatal Sept. 29, 2016, NJ Transit commuter rail collision in Hoboken, N.J., and the Jan. 4, 2017, Long Island Rail Road collision at the Atlantic Terminal, Brooklyn, New York, were opened to the public Sept. 21 by the National Transportation Safety Board as part of its ongoing investigations of the two accidents.

NTSB is also preparing a Special Investigation Report focused on the findings from both the NJ Transit and LIRR accidents. This report will include recommendations based on those findings, NTSB said.

“The commonalities in the accidents—both involving bumping post collisions at the end of a track in a terminal—warrant a singular discussion of the related safety issues,” NTSB said. “Combining each accident report with a Special Investigation Report allows each to be addressed in a single board meeting.”